ewing in the hit cbs show "dallas." larry magazine hahn has died at the age of 81. >> there we are. >> reporter: hagman rose to fame as good natured astronaut anthony nelson in the "i dream of jeanne." he came from a show business family. his mother was mary martin. hagman was candid about his personal life acknowledging years of heavy drinking that so damaged his liver he eventually needed a transplant. after many years of smoking, hagman quit and became an anti-smoking advocate. recently he acknowledged that his wife of nearly six decades as alzheimer disease and he was battling throat cancer. hagman's spirit never false terrified. earlier this year "dallas" was revived as a new series on tnt. in an appearance on this program in june of this year hagman told jeff glor what he thought about returning to television as the villain that everyone loves to hate. >> larry when they first came to you and said i want to reboot this what did you think? >> yahoo! >> dallas ran on cbs from 1979 to 1991. >> i don't understand why